Lac La Biche News

In Lac La Biche Provincial Court last Tuesday, a Drayton Valley man was sentenced to jail time for his second drunk driving conviction.

Omer Moghrabi has become Lac La Biche County's mayor-elect, earning 969 out of a total 2,413 votes. Runner-up Robert Richard was not far behind with 900 votes.

Robert Richard says his loss in Monday night’ s mayoral by-election should serve as a warning shot to all members of the Lac La Biche County Council that the electorate is not happy and is looking for change.

Full results from the Lac La Biche County mayoral by-election.

Police are looking for a man suspected of robbing the Pelican Hotel in Plamondon at gunpoint.

For two and a half hours, four of the five people vying for the position of Mayor of Lac La Biche County peddled their vision and ideas to the crowd of hundreds—and answered audience members' questions, several that pertained to the functionality of County Councils past and present.

38 EPS students crossed the stage July 5 in a convocation ceremony at the Festival Centre in Plamondon. EPS Principal Morris Holota said it was one of the largest grad classes the K-12 school has produced.

Due to delays in the census on the Catholic population in Lac La Biche, administrators at the Lakeland Catholic School District say it is unlikely that a separate school will be able to open in the area by this September.

The Rotary Club's third-annual Solstice Beer Experience raised more than $2,000 for scholarships, and organizer Brydon Ward said that the club's next big project will be its annual wine tasting and auction in October.

Want summer care for the kids with a twist? Look no further than the Out of School Care Summer P.L.A.Y. program.